Horizon view
Horizon from Herodotus B
22.5677° N, 55.4736° W · cell 16QFH
- Highest horizon point
- Herodotus B: 14.7° above the horizontal, 2.84 km away at azimuth 19°.
- Farthest visible point
- 2.84 km away at azimuth 0°, 14.1° from the horizontal.
- Observer
- Eye 2 m above the ground, which is 2,710 m below the 1,737.4 km reference sphere.
- Sun at the rendered time
- The Sun is below the horizon: 4.1° under it at azimuth 90°. At 2026-10-22 16:15:17 UTC, when this page was served.
- Resolution
- Terrain resolution: about 1.9 km, the global LOLA terrain tier of 16 pixels per degree; relief smaller than that, near or far, is smoothed, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards.
Vertical scale exaggerated 2x (horizontal 4 px per degree). Eye 2 m above the ground.Scroll sideways to turn; the middle faces 19°.
The Sun is below the horizon: 4.1° under it at azimuth 90°. At 2026-10-22 16:15:17 UTC.
Terrain resolution: about 1.9 km, the global LOLA terrain tier of 16 pixels per degree; relief smaller than that, near or far, is smoothed, and the model does not include boulders or other surface hazards. How the horizon is computed
Peaks on the skyline
- 19° Herodotus B, 2.84 km away, 14.7° high, 746 m above the ground here
- 183° Herodotus B, 2.84 km away, 13.5° high, 683 m above the ground here
- 261° Herodotus B, 0.95 km away, 13.2° high, 223 m above the ground here
- 95° Herodotus B, 1.90 km away, 12.6° high, 427 m above the ground here
A ray every 0.5 degrees out to 200 km across the NASA LRO LOLA terrain, the curvature of the Moon included; each peak is named only when an IAU feature's mapped footprint lies over the point that forms it. Smooth terrain between samples, no boulders.